Corva Kuhlman

The governor's office says that's disrupted the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The emergency lets officials more easily use trucks to deliver jet fuel to the airport.

BP closed off the pipeline Monday after finding diesel fuel leaking.

The Trump administration is proposing to make changes to the Endangered Species Act.

NPR's Nate Rott reports the action would significantly limit protections for wildlife.

The National Book Award for Fiction has been given to novelist Rabih Alamuddin for his book, The True, True Story of Raja the Gullible and His Mother.

The Nonfiction Prize went to Omar El-Akkad for his book, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Kuhlman.

A group of Senate Democrats and an Independent broke ranks yesterday and voted with Senate Republicans to move forward with a short-term spending deal.

It would reopen the federal government, closed now for 41 days.

Most Democrats have been opposing a deal.

They demand that Republicans extend subsidies for health insurance.

Maine Independent Senator Angus King voted for the deal.

He feels further delay won't get Republican senators to change their position on restoring the health care tax credits.

The stopgap deal would fund the government through the end of January.

Some agencies would get funding for a full year.

Late last night, a federal appeals court ordered the Trump administration to restore full funding to the federal food assistance program known as SNAP.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports the shutdown has held up the benefits.

The federal government shutdown means air travel is still being slowed up to 10 percent by the end of this week.